Orio Station

Orio 折尾
Main station building, east side, September 2012
Location	1-1 Horikawa-machi, Yahatanishi, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka （北九州市八幡西区堀川町1-1） Japan
Operated by	JR Kyushu
Line(s)	Kagoshima Main Line Chikuhō Main Line
Connections	Bus terminal
History
Opened	1891

Orio Station (折尾駅, Orio-eki) is a railway station in Yahatanishi-ku, Kitakyushu, Japan, operated by the Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu).

Lines

Orio Station is served by the Kagoshima Main Line and Chikuho Main Line.

Station layout

The two lines serving the station intersect at Orio, and the lines are connected by a spur track. The station therefore consists of two separated blocks: the main building with bi-level platforms at the crossing point, and detached platforms on the spur.

The station has a "Midori no Madoguchi" staffed ticket office.

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  West entrance, June 2011

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  Takami entrance, October 2009

Platforms

Main building lower level

1	■ Chikuho Main Line ("Wakamatsu Line")	for Futajima and Wakamatsu
2	■ Chikuho Main Line ("Wakamatsu Line")	for Nakama, Nōgata, Iizuka, and Sasaguri

Main building upper level

3	■ Kagoshima Main Line	for Akama, Hakata, Tosu, Kurume, Ōmuta, and Kumamoto
4	■ Kagoshima Main Line	used by local trains running either direction which allow limited express trains to pass them at this station, as well as local shuttle trains running between this station and Kokura and/or Mojikō
5	■ Kagoshima Main Line	for Kurosaki, Yahata, Space World, Kokura, Mojikō, and Ōita

Limited express trains, including the Sonic, stop here.

Spur track (Takami entrance)

6	■ Kagoshima Main Line	for Kurosaki and Kokura
7	■ Chikuho Main Line ("Fukuhoku Yutaka Line")	for Nakama, Nōgata, Iizuka, and Sasaguri

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  Lower level platforms 1 and 2, October 2011

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  Upper level platforms 3 to 5, October 2011

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  Platforms 6 and 7, October 2011

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Kagoshima Main Line
Kurosaki		Limited Express	Akama, Kashii, or Hakata
Kurosaki		Rapid	Akama (Ebitsu in daytime)
Kurosaki		Semi-rapid	Mizumaki
Jinnoharu		Local	Mizumaki
Wakamatsu Line
Honjō		Local	Terminus
Fukuhoku Yutaka Line (Main building)
Terminus		Rapid	Nakama
Terminus		Local	Higashi-Mizumaki
Kagoshima Main - Fukuhoku Yutaka Line (Spur track)
Kurosaki		Rapid	Nakama
Jinnoharu		Local	Higashi-Mizumaki

History

The station first opened on 28 February 1891.

The station building was rebuilt in 1916, but use of this building was discontinued from 6 October 2012 in preparation for rebuilding work, with operations shifted to a temporary structure. The station building is scheduled to be demolished during 2012, with the new structure completed in fiscal 2016.

Surrounding area

• Orio Police Station
• National Route 3
• National Route 199

Educational facilities

• Kyushu Kyoritsu University
• Kyushu Women's University
• University of Occupational and Environmental Health Japan
• Kyushu Women's Junior College
• Orio Aishin Junior College
• Fukuoka Prefectural Tochiku High School
• Fukuoka Prefectural Orio High School
• Jiyugaoka High School

Buses

Airport buses leave from a bus stop located at the west exit of the main building to the Kitakyushu Airport. Also, there is a Kitakyushu municipal bus terminal for local buses connecting vicinities including Wakamatsu and Ashiya in front of the east exit of main building.

See also

• Orio (Kitakyushu)

External links

• Orio Station information (JR Kyushu) (Japanese)